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Sirach 31:17
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Sirach 31:17
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Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
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15
Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.
16
Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.
17
Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
18
When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
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A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.